Daily Archives: October 24, 2020

2020-10-24: News Headlines

Vanessa Beeley (2020-10-24). BBC's upcoming White Helmets 'documentary' gears up to be a character assassination of those who challenge Syria war narratives. thealtworld.com The BBC is preparing an attack against journalists, former diplomats, academics and scientists who challenge the dominant …

MEE and agencies (2020-10-24). Renaissance Dam: Ethiopia summons US ambassador over Trump's 'incitement of war'. middleeasteye.net Renaissance Dam: Ethiopia summons US ambassador over Trump's 'incitement of war' | Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says his country 'will not cave in to aggressions of any kind' | Sat, 10/24/2020 – 11: 54 | The Renaissance Dam in Guba, Ethiopia, is at the centre of a dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over shares of the Nile water (AFP/file photo) | Ethiopia on Saturday summoned the US am…

Ahmad Salah (2020-10-23). Syrian Refugees Have Become a Tool of Duplicitous Politics. globalresearch.ca Since the beginning of the conflict in Syria the issue of Syrian refugees and internally displace has been the subject of countless articles and reports with international humanitarian organizations and countries involved in the Syrian conflict shifting responsibility for the …

Stephen Lendman (2020-10-23). Turkey to Send Troops to Combat Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh? globalresearch.ca Like the US, Turkey's Erdogan pursues interests at the expense of peace and stability. | He favors war for extending Turkey's borders to further his neo-Ottoman aims. | He, his family members and regime profited earlier from stolen Syrian oil. | He gave …

Elijah Magnier (2020-10-23). Lebanon politics- Saad Hariri, next Prime Minister. thealtworld.com Elijah Magnier speaks with PressTV about designation of ex-PM Saad Hariri as next Lebanon PM…

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-23). Iran, Austria discuss joint coop. on containment of COVID-19. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) — Iran's Ambassador to Austria and the Director of the Austrian Red Cross conferred on the expansion of bilateral relation on the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-23). Anti-Iran moves won't go unanswered: FM spox. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) — Stating that Iran has imposed sanctions on the US ambassador to Iraq and a number of other officials involved in the assassination of Martyr Soleimani, Khatibzadeh said that anti-Iran moves won't go unanswered.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-23). FM releases statement on blacklisting of US diplomats in Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a Friday statement, announced sanctions on a number of US authorities including the country's ambassador to Baghdad.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-23). 'Iran-Azerbaijan shared border to remain friendship border'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) — Iran's Ambassador to Baku said that the shared border of Iran and Azerbaijan Republic will ever remain the border of friendship, peace and security.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-23). Iran, Russia discuss bilateral ties, regional developments. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) — Iranian Ambassador to Russia and Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation conferred on the expansion of bilateral relations and regional issues on Thursday.

Kareem Chehayeb (2020-10-22). Lebanon: Hariri again tasked with forming new government. middleeasteye.net Lebanon: Hariri again tasked with forming new government | Future Movement leader secures enough nominations to become prime minister-designate but faces tricky task to build coalition | Thu, 10/22/2020 – 12: 01 | Saad Hariri delivers a statement after the president named him to form a new cabinet, at the presidential palace in Baabda (AFP) | One year after being turfed out of office by mass…

Vijay Prashad (2020-10-22). Argentina's veteran ambassador makes a stand for the sovereignty of Latin America. mronline.org Alicia Castro does not shy away from her views. She came to diplomacy from the trade union movement, where she was a leader when she was a flight attendant with Aerolíneas Argentinas.

RT (2020-10-22). Chief cleric of Damascus murdered in bomb attack — Syrian state media. rt.com Sheikh Muhammad Adnan Al-Afyouni, the Mufti of Damascus, has been killed in a "terrorist explosion" near the Syrian capital, the SANA news agency reported. Al-Afyouni was one of the region's most prominent Islamic scholars. | Sheikh Al-Afyouni died in the town of Qudsaya, near Damascus, on Thursday evening. Government sources told SANA that an "explosive device" had been planted on his car. | Also on rt.com | | No terrorist group has as y…

RT (2020-10-22). ISIS-linked stabbing suspect monitored on day of Dresden attack right after he left prison, police chief reveals. rt.com A man suspected of killing one person and seriously injuring another in Dresden this month was under observation by German intelligence at the time of the attack, says the region's head of police. | Law enforcement agents arrested a 20-year-old Syrian man on Tuesday in connection with the double stabbing on October 4, with prosecutors saying he has an Islamist background. | Read more | | The suspect was being monitored by Germany's domestic inte…

yenisafak (2020-10-22). Turkey neutralizes 3 YPG/PKK terrorists in N.Syria. yenisafak.com "Three PKK/YPG terrorists, who tried to infiltrate the [Operation] Peace Spring area to disrupt the peace and security environment, were neutralized by our heroic commandos," the ministry said on Twitter.Turkish officials often use the word "neutralize" to imply the terrorists in question surrendered or were killed or captured.Since 2016, Turkey has launched a trio of successful anti-terror operations across its border in northern Syria to prevent the formation of a terror corridor and enable the peaceful settlement of residents: Euphrates Shield (2016), Olive Branch (2018), and Peace Spring (2019).In its more th…

Elijah Magnier (2020-10-21). The US proposed a partial withdrawal and ease in sanctions, Damascus rejected the offer. thealtworld.com Damascus confirmed the visit of President Donald Trump's Special envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens and Senior Director for Counterterrorism Kash Patel to Syria and their meeting with the Syrian Director of the National Security Ali Mamluk (sanctioned by the European Union and the US administration). It was the last of three visits the US took to Damascus where the first one was in 2017 when the United Arab Emirates arranged for a visit of a political and a military US delegation whose plane landed at Damascus airport and met with Mamluk. | The title of the US visit concerned the release of US prisoners arr…

teleSUR (2020-10-21). China Provides Relief Aid To Flood-Stricken Victims in Cambodia. telesurenglish.net The Chinese Embassy in Cambodia provided emergency relief on Tuesday to about 800 flood-hit families in the capital Phnom Penh. | RELATED: | Ambassador Wang Wentian and Phnom Penh governor Khuong Sreng distributed the relief items at three different locations. Each family received a relief kit of rice, noodles, tinned fish, soya sauce, drinking water and cash gift. | "China always stands with Cambodia in all circumstance…

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-21). Iran, Azerbaijan discuss expansion of bilateral relations. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) — Iran's Ambassador to Baku and the Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan conferred on the economic relations between the two countries.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-21). PGCC Sec. Gen. accuses Iran of creating tension in region. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) — On baseless and repetitive allegations, Secretary-General of the PGCC accused Iran of creating tensions in countries in the region such as Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen.